African Science Education

<p>Based on interrogation and review of historical and current cultural and indigenous knowledge combined with extensive curriculum and classroom analysis, this book identifies how indigenous science gender roles may be utilized to provide a more gender balanced and indigenous centered learning experience.</p><p></p><p>The book argues for the integration of African indigenous science into the secondary school curriculum as a way to strengthen students’ science comprehension by affirming their society’s science contributions, making clear connections between Indigenous and Western science, and also as a way to promote female representation in the sciences. </p><p></p><p>This book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of science education, African education, and indigenous knowledge.</p> <p>Table of Contents</p><p></p><p>Introduction: African Science Education: Gendering Indigenous Knowledge in Nigeria – <i>Jamaine Abidogun</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 1: Where are the Girls? – <i>Jamaine Abidogun</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 2: Indigenous Knowledge: Its Role in Education – <i>Steve Willis</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 3: Igbo Indigenous Science: An Ethnobiologist Perspective – <i>Fred Ozioko and Felix I. Nwafor</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 4: Going to School: Nsukka Education Context – <i>Nkiru Ohia and Jamaine Abidogun</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 5: The Shalom Dream: Nigerian Based Education – <i>Victoria Onu and Jamaine Abidogun</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 6: Gendered Narratives – <i>Sarah Nixon</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 7: Integrating Indigenous Science and Technology into the Curriculum – <i>Georgianna Saunders</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 8: Creating Gender Parity: Igbo Women’s Indigenous Science Knowledge Practice – <i>Winifred Nwaefido Obasi</i></p><p></p><p>Chapter 9: Conclusion: Gendering Science through Syncretic Education – <i>Jamaine Abidogun</i></p><p></p><p>Appendix: Interview, Focus Group, and Journal Protocols</p><p></p><p>Index</p><p></p>